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• I think there should be opportunities for new blood, new ideas, and new perspective to come into these
• I think this is a good government way of ensuring that we have fresh blood, fresh ideas, and a good perspective
• They didn't have it market value tested.

Summary: The committee heard and advanced several school-related bills, with much of the discussion focused on governance, transparency, and accountability in school districts. House Bill 2318 would impose term limits on school district governing board members in districts with at least 250 students, while allowing county superintendents to appoint a term-limited member to fill a vacancy. Supporters argued it would bring fresh ideas and prevent entrenched leadership; opponents said voters should decide. The bill received a due pass recommendation after a divided roll call. House Bill 2312 would allow certain patriotic youth groups to address students during school hours and require equal access for those groups in school forums. The sponsor said it was intended to promote programs such as FFA, Scouts, and similar organizations. Some members objected that it would take instructional time and was not truly permissive if access was granted to one group, and the bill nonetheless received a due pass recommendation. House Bill 2320 would require school districts to hire a registered independent municipal advisor before calling a bond election and for each successful bond issue. The sponsor and supporters said this could reduce underwriting fees and save taxpayers money, while some members raised questions about costs if a bond failed and whether the bill should be narrowed; it passed with a due pass recommendation after several members voted present or no. The committee also approved House Bill 2376, which would bar districts from buying or leasing school property while a charter or private school is still operating there, and House Bill 2378, which tightens conflict-of-interest rules for the School Facilities Oversight Board by barring the architect and engineer members from having school-construction business. Both were framed by the sponsor as responses to concerns raised in Tolleson Union-related testimony and reporting. House Bill 2379, as amended, requires school board members to complete biennial training approved by the Auditor General, to be offered by county superintendents or ADE, with counties able to contract with others; supporters called it needed training, while opponents raised concerns about unfunded mandates, inclusion of ASBA, and charter schools. It received a due pass recommendation. Finally, House Bill 2380 would require board and subcommittee meetings to be held in-district, preserve online access to materials, and require public approval of out-of-state travel, with reimbursement if retroactive approval is denied. Rural districts and others raised concerns about flexibility, executive-session confidentiality, and administrative burden, but the bill was discussed with amendments and public access concerns rather than a final recorded action in the excerpt.

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• As an engineer, I was just talking to my guest today about my ability to not stand my own blood, so I
• Forty years ago, we lost Francis Scobee, mission commander and Air Force test pilot; Michael Smith, pilot
• We've got to be more involved in what happens in the blood.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Hematolytic uremic syndrome, known as HUS, is a rare childhood red blood cell disorder and the number
• The Shiga toxin destroys the red blood cells, which lead to cell death.
• The Shiga toxin destroys the red blood cells, which lead to cell death.
• Medical interventions like blood, platelet, and plasma transfusions, along with kidney dialysis, are

Bills: SB1082, SB1200, SB1335, SB1336, SB1559, SB1761, SB1762, SB1785, SCM1007

Keywords: petting zoos, animal encounters, public health, handwashing, supervision, sanitization, safety regulations, civil penalties, water supply, groundwater, Phoenix, certificates, long-term storage credits, water conservation, municipal provider, replenishment obligation, water banking, annual report, Arizona Water Banking Authority, water supply management

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• They weren't on certain blood thinners.
• 00:07:57.840><c> weren't</c><00:07:58.080><c> on</c><00:07:58.240><c> certain</c><00:07:58.560><c> blood
• They weren't on certain blood bleeds.
• They weren't on certain blood thinners.<00:07:59.280><c> They</c><00:07:59.360><c> hadn't</c><00:07:59.599

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services (KBEMS) 00:00:53 Approval of Minutes 00:23:37, 958, all

Summary: The Kentucky Board of EMS presented an additional budget request focused on grant funding for local EMS agencies, not agency operations. Officials said the board has 13 full-time staff after losing employees in the 2022 transition back to state government, and that the request would be a 100% pass-through to providers. They initially described two requests totaling $12.91 million: $10.8 million for the EMS block grant and $2.1 million for workforce education tied to House Bill 484, but later said they would withdraw the $2.1 million request because rural health transformation funding appears likely to cover those education needs. Most of the testimony explained why the EMS block grant should be increased. The board said the grant began in 1980 at about $1.2 million and has remained largely unchanged while EMS costs have risen sharply. They cited higher prices for ambulances, stretchers, and cardiac monitors, along with increased labor and reimbursement pressures. Board members emphasized that modern EMS now provides much more advanced care in the field, especially in rural areas, and argued that equipment such as 12-lead cardiac monitors can significantly improve patient outcomes. They said the current grant provides about $10,000 per county, while the request would raise funding to about $100,000 per county and increase the per-capita amount from roughly 26 cents to $2.60. Members also discussed whether the block grant statute should be reformed to target need more directly. Board officials said they had considered making the grant more competitive, but decided against it for now because many counties rely on the annual funding and shifting money away from some areas would create hardship. In response to questions, they said Kentucky has about 160 class one EMS agencies providing 911 response across 120 counties, and that grant awards in recent years reached 91 counties, then 108, then 110 counties. They also highlighted the cost and safety benefits of power loading systems for stretchers, saying they can reduce back injuries and help retain EMS workers, but are often unaffordable for smaller departments. No votes were taken on the budget request during the hearing. After the testimony and questions, the committee approved the minutes from the prior meeting by motion and second, with no opposition, and then adjourned.

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• And while the bodies pile up and blood is running in our streets, your streets, and our streets, I also
• Well, the bodies pile up and the blood runs in the streets—your streets and our streets.
• including schools, government buildings, and hospitals. ...82-year-old father while he recovered from a blood
• after session, you ignore us, your constituents, and the majority while the bodies pile up and the blood

Bills: HB259, HB 1128, HB1337, HB1506, HB1794, HB2215, HB2470, HB2771, HB2882, HB2993, HB3053, HB3428, HB3669, HB3789, HB3924, HB4201, HB4675, HB259

Keywords: healthcare, insurance, patient rights, medical expenses, access to care, affordability, legislation, firearms, penal code, regulation, short-barrel firearms, ammunition, gun control, public safety, Texas law, short-barrel, law enforcement, election judges, concealed handgun, polling places

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• peace that is with us no matter what the waves and storms bring, a peace that is made possible by the blood
• bring a peace that is made possible<00:02:16.400><c> by</c><00:02:16.599><c> the</c><00:02:16.760><c> blood
• of</c><00:02:17.840><c> the</c><00:02:18.480><c> cross</c><00:02:19.480><c> the</c> possible by the blood
• of the cross the possible by the blood of the cross the place<00:02:20.120><c> where</c><00:02:20.599

Keywords: 1183, house

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• SB 1033 requires manufacturers of protein products to test their items for heavy metals and disclose
• SB 1033 requires manufacturers of protein products to test their items for heavy metals and disclose
• conducted 15 years ago, and fewer products testing below detectable levels.
• We have two remaining issues related to definitions and testing, which we are working to address, and
• In other words, you can't require a testing of a representative sample.

Summary: The committee heard several energy, environmental, recycling, and land-use bills, beginning with SB 925 by Senator McNerney, which would direct the California Energy Commission to develop a statewide roadmap for fusion energy. Supporters said the bill would help California retain leadership in fusion research and commercialization, attract investment, and create jobs, while some members emphasized the need to avoid overregulation and keep the state competitive. No opposition testified, and the bill was later approved on a 4-0 vote and held on call. The committee also heard SB 1350, another McNerney bill, to expand the use of green hydrogen in the power sector by allowing renewable portfolio standard credit for turbines using renewable hydrogen. Supporters framed it as a way to support clean energy reliability, preserve tax credits, and create jobs, while opponents including TURN and Earthjustice warned about greenwashing, resource shuffling, and increased NOx emissions. The author and chair described committee amendments as adding guardrails, and the bill passed 4-0 and was held on call. Senator Grayson presented SB 1145, which would streamline CEQA and related review for qualifying projects in the Concord Reuse Project Area, part of the former Concord Naval Weapons Station. The bill is intended to speed a long-planned transit-oriented development with housing, commercial space, parks, and open space; supporters included local officials, labor groups, and business organizations, while a housing group raised concerns about affordable housing guarantees but still supported the CEQA exemption. The committee described the bill as balancing streamlining with retained environmental review and approved it 4-0, held on call. Senator Cabaldon’s SB 1341, dealing with CalRecycle processing fees for bag-in-a-box wine and spirits containers, also drew support from the wine industry and some environmental groups that wanted a workable recycling market, while glass packaging and other opponents objected to giving CalRecycle too much discretion; it too passed 4-0 and was held on call. The committee then heard SJR 13 by Senator Padilla, urging the U.S. to seek enforceable commitments to eliminate transboundary sewage pollution at the 2026 USMCA review. Supporters described severe public health and environmental harms from sewage and runoff in the Tijuana River and New River watersheds, especially for border and farmworker communities, and the resolution passed 4-0. Padilla’s SB 1033, requiring protein product manufacturers to test for and disclose heavy metals, drew support from consumer and public health groups citing Consumer Reports findings, while industry groups argued for narrower scope, QR-code options, and thresholds tied to health standards; the bill passed 3-0 and was held on call. Senator Ashby’s SB 1010, creating a manufacturer-funded system for refrigerant recovery from discarded appliances, was supported as a climate and enforcement measure but opposed by appliance manufacturers and recyclers who said existing law already regulates refrigerants and that the bill could raise costs and reduce recycling; it passed 4-0 and was held on call. Finally, Senator Caballero presented SB 1183, requiring a state study of the environmental, land-use, and economic impacts of industrial solar in the Central Valley. Supporters said the bill would help ensure solar development benefits local communities and farmland, while solar industry groups argued it duplicated existing work and should better reflect solar’s benefits; the bill was heard but no vote was taken in the portion provided.

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• Lewis famously said that courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the sum of every virtue at its testing
• And in that accident, there was a lot of chaos, blood, and injuries.
• Interim questions that came up from schools were about how often the test has to be administered.
• But I don't yet know what this administration will do in terms of the testing population.
• I remember the fitness test that we did.

Bills: SJR47, SB1491, SB1579, SB1806, SB1552, SB483, SB63, SB137, SB346, SB514, SB1344, SB1360, SB1380, SB1437, SB1189, SB1217, SB1221, SB1262, SB1272, SB1325, SB1339, SB201

Keywords: voter ID, elections, constitutional amendment, Oklahoma, proof of identity, presidential electors, vacancies, oath of office, political party, property tax, valuation increase, taxpayer rights, homestead, protest process, foster care, adoption assistance, transitioning youth, Department of Human Services, voluntary services, county home rule charter

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• Let’s say that there is a drug test. The director has no—has some authority.
• Thank you. ...drug tests.
• Staff would get random drug tests and be fired if they test positive.
• for or what we should test for.
• The plan should be absolutely that every single employee should be tested.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• , one, two. 478 You Testing one, two.
• There is blood on people's hands here in this. Sorry, in this building.
• Anyone else wish to test for, on, for, or against? Senate Bill 1346, any other public?
• and then maybe after you do that do just a test on that race that you removed or you added a name to
• back of the logic test, of adding back the new candidate, and not have to... re-logic test the entire

Bills: SB29, SB406, SB447, SB875, SB893, SB1033, SB1346, SB1362, SB1539, SCR22, SB 29

Keywords: business organization, internal management, corporate governance, partnerships, liability reduction, birth certificate, biological sex, gender identity, health and safety, sex assignment, SB 875, Texas, independent school district, ISD, school board trustee, superintendent, campus administrator, electioneering, political signs, early voting

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• You're basically an Isaro land grant, which is a full-blooded tribalized, economically uprooted, Spanish-speaking
• , Catholicized, full-blooded Indian.
• They're infused with that kind of full-blooded Indian kind of addition in our communities.
• And so you know Abiquiu is in my blood. It's northern New Mexico is in my blood, and who I am.

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• The amendment goes through all the rules, etc., related to the pools, testing the quality of the water
• </c> rules etc. related to the pools, testing rules etc. related to the pools, testing the<01:01:22.000
• One example I would give of that is sickle cell disease, which is, as folks may know, a blood disorder
• folks<01:04:59.480><c> may</c><01:04:59.640><c> know,</c><01:05:00.040><c> a</c><01:05:00.120><c> blood
• may know, a blood disorder that causes<01:05:01.120><c> a</c><01:05:01.160><c> pain</c><01:05:01.400

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• You can't regulate blood pressure. You can't sweat.
• Um, you can't regulate<00:40:36.960><c> blood</c><00:40:37.200><c> pressure.
• </c><00:40:37.839><c> You</c><00:40:38.000><c> can't</c> regulate blood pressure.
• You can't regulate blood pressure.
• , and bored or prepared to take a test, and bored or not<02:05:23.679><c> interested</c><02:05:24.000

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I'm an attorney at Disability Rights, Washington, and part of the plaintiff council team in the true blood
• First, we want to thank you for your continued funding of the programs outlined in the 2018 True Blood
• However, our nurse found her blood pressure to be alarmingly, possibly fatally high.
• We sent her to the hospital, where she immediately started an anti-seizure IV drip and two blood pressure
• Started an anti-seizure IV drip and two blood pressure medications.

Bills: HB2289

Keywords: appropriations, budget, fiscal matters, state spending, general fund, supplemental budget, biennial budget, substitute bill, public defense, civil legal aid, courts, judicial branch, homelessness, supportive housing, affordable housing, behavioral health, juvenile rehabilitation, youth services, child welfare, foster care

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm an attorney at Disability Rights, Washington, and part of the plaintiff council team in the true blood
• First, we want to thank you for your continued funding of the programs outlined in the 2018 True Blood
• However, our nurse found her blood pressure to be alarmingly, possibly fatally high.
• We sent her to the hospital, where she immediately started an anti-seizure IV drip and two blood pressure
• Started an anti-seizure IV drip and two blood pressure medications.

Summary: The House Appropriations Committee held a public hearing on proposed substitute House Bill 2289, the House operating budget. Budget staff Mary Monroe gave a detailed overview of the proposal’s near general fund outlook, reserve levels, major revenue assumptions, and major spending and savings items. She highlighted assumed revenue from capital gains and a proposed “millionaires tax,” a transfer from the budget stabilization account, administrative reductions across agencies, and several major policy shifts, including changes affecting Working Connections Child Care, K-12 education, higher education, long-term care, behavioral health, wildfire response, and state employee compensation. Members then asked questions, including about the higher education building account/operating fee swap and its interaction with the capital budget and Climate Commitment Act funds. The committee also announced amendment deadlines for the budget process. The bulk of the meeting was public testimony, with many speakers generally supporting or opposing specific parts of the budget. Supportive testimony praised funding for wildfire prevention, public health, reproductive health, civil legal aid, the Poison Center, some higher education institutions, and certain disability and child welfare services. Many speakers urged restoration or protection of funding for K-12 education, especially transition to kindergarten, local effort assistance, bus depreciation, and Running Start; others opposed cuts to child care, early learning, public defense, long-term care, adult day and home care services, occupational/physical/speech therapy for Medicaid patients, and community and technical colleges. Several local government, health, and nonprofit representatives also asked the committee to preserve public works, homelessness, energy assistance, environmental justice, and recovery/diversion programs, while some business and public safety groups sought continued funding for organized retail crime prevention and related initiatives. No votes were taken during the hearing. The committee recessed briefly and later resumed with virtual testimony, where additional witnesses repeated concerns about education cuts, long-term care, health care access, disability services, dispute resolution, early childhood programs, and the need for ongoing or increased funding in those areas.

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• But later that week, the FBI agents equipped with a signed warrant prepared to document blood splatter
• </c> with a signed warrant prepared to with a signed warrant prepared to document<00:04:49.360><c> blood
• splatter</c><00:04:50.320><c> and</c><00:04:50.479><c> bullet</c><00:04:50.800><c> holes</c> document blood
• splatter and bullet holes document blood splatter and bullet holes into<00:04:51.520><c> her</c><00:
• It was covered in blood.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• introduction then we'll uh move on to introduction then we'll uh move on to your<00:11:52.760><c> test
• 54.160><c> thank</c><00:11:54.320><c> you</c><00:11:54.480><c> Mr</c><00:11:54.720><c> chair</c> your test
• fires great thank you Mr chair your test fires great thank you Mr chair um<00:11:55.800><c> so</c><00
• I had to sit on the unit that was covered in my co-worker's blood for over two hours, and then I had
• splatter and I can tell you exact blood splatter and I can tell you that<02:07:51.000><c> cleaning</

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• they have to bring with them because they also have children who have diabetes and have to have their blood
• they have to bring with them because they also have children who have diabetes and have to have their blood
• they have to bring with them because they also have children who have diabetes and have to have their blood
• they have to bring with them because they also have children who have diabetes and have to have their blood
• I mean, it's the accelerated blood... Usually the school... I mean, it's the accelerated blood.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• He was diagnosed with spinal meningitis, but the main cause was he had multiple blood clots on his brain
• c><00:54:16.799><c> he</c><00:54:16.920><c> had</c><00:54:17.079><c> multiple</c><00:54:17.480><c> blood
• </c> the main cause was he had multiple blood the main cause was he had multiple blood clots<00:54:18.200
• That means any individual related by blood or whose association with the employee is equivalent of a
• um but yeah let us get back to by blood um but yeah let us get back to you<01:06:44.680><c> almost</

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• The Senate also repealed the general knowledge test for educator certification, effective upon the Act
• In lieu of repealing the general knowledge test upon the effective date without replacement as under
• In lieu of repealing the general knowledge test upon the effective date without replacement as under
• So that deals with test scores. I'm specifically asking about enrollment.
• I think it's line 1375, just the Classical Learning Test.

Summary: The House took up a series of Senate messages and concurred in several amendments before passing multiple bills. Early actions included unanimous passage of CS/CS/HB 1299 on Department of Health matters, CS/HB 1549 on financial institutions after removing a Senate-added trust-account provision, and CS/CS/SB 768 on foreign ties in business ownership after trimming registration requirements. The chamber also insisted on its housing amendment to CS/CS/CS/SB 184 after the Senate refused to concur. A major portion of the meeting focused on CS/CS/HB 875 on educator preparation. The House adopted an amendment restoring two teacher-prep courses, preserving the Florida Center for Teaching Excellence at Miami-Dade College in partnership with USF, and modifying the teacher candidate testing framework and mentor qualifications. Supporters said it reduced barriers while keeping standards; opponents raised concerns about the remaining “identity politics” language and other provisions. The bill then passed 91-22. The House also passed HB 1101 on out-of-network providers after adopting a House amendment that kept the original bill’s notice and referral provisions with a good-cause exemption, despite objections that it placed too much responsibility on doctors. Later, the chamber approved CS/CS/SB 180 on emergency preparedness and response, with members highlighting debris management, emergency planning, crane safety, and hurricane recovery provisions; it passed unanimously. The House then rejected concurrence in a Senate amendment to HB 1609 on waste incineration, and later spent substantial time debating CS/CS/HB 1115 on education, especially Schools of Hope, expanded co-location authority, funding, transportation, and school-district agreement terms. Critics argued the language was added late and could disadvantage traditional public schools, while supporters said it would expand options for students; the debate continued with the bill still under consideration at the end of the excerpt.